San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-22

ern miracle. And yet, nothing but this
miracle can save us from destruction
and decay. Progression is the law OF
life, and this city cannot stand where
she is. New life must be Infused into
her business men, new ideas Of creating
increase and enlsrging opportunities
and organizing for growth, or the city
will retrogrsde.
No little the business and capital and
energy Of San Antonio Is here on trial.
No little OF 1t came here eXperimentally,
hoping much for the fOture OF city into
whose lap lavish nature has poured
her gifts with no stinted hand. All
around us are the rival cities OF this
state dIstancing us In the race for busi-
ness, for population, for municipal i'm
provements, for manufacturing advant-
ages, for accepted energy and wisdom.
Men Of push and business capacity do
not tamely submit to live under such
conditions. These men, after eXhausting
their energies In the effort to move the
sluggish currents OF indifference that
stagnate all energy in this city, will fold
up their tents like the Arabs and depart
In night. There are a score OF the best
business men In San Antonio who would
have pulled up stakes months ago had 1t
not been that their pride OF character
and their unwillingDess to confess fall
ure forbid such move. Should these
men leave this city their places will not
be supplied. Capital enough has visited
San Antonio within the past year to
have made this city an Industrial hive,
capital that could have been Induced to
remain had there been any inducemo Mt.
But there was no spirit OF progress visi-
BILE In streets, or public plszas, or
parks, or sanitsriums, or manufacturing
plants, or cattle yards, or wool ex-
changes, or anything else that would
show that the citizens here had any real
desire to enter the great race for BUSH
ness and population which charscterizes
Our great northern rival Dallas. Were
there 10000 new people to come to this
city tomorrow, or this winter, what
would be done with them and what
would they think OF us? Where are the
evidences that we have any understand
ing OF our local advantages, any
desire Of ANY spirit of pro-
gress, such as Ia seen In Dallas, Denver,
Kansas City, Omahs, Birmingham and
score OF other live cities, east and west
OF us, not one OF which can claim any su-
periorlty over US by virtue Of location.
This committee have work cut out for
them, beside which raising funds for the
northwest extension was q mere prim-
ing. In their work they must have the
cooperation OF every citizen who ia not
so welded to bis dead past that he keeps
his coffin In his business office. This
committee undertake to resusCitate this
city to life, and this undertaking, II
seconded by the citizens, will be such
success rs will make ''Old emptiness
stare In wonder" before this decade
closes. 1t ls upon our people and not
failure OF this work depends. The COM
mittee is simply the head. They are not
the feet, nor the hands, not the stomach,
nor are they the pocket bovk. When
they have their work laid out and sum-
mon you as feet, and hands, and stOm-
ach, and heart, and vital force. to carry
out that work, then will come the ortiz
cal moment. How you will meet it the
future can alone determine.